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On April 17, 1865, Union Gen. William T. Sherman
arrived by train at Durham’s Station (two blocks
northeast of here) at the culmination of his Car-olinas
Campaign to discuss terms of peace at the
request of Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston,
headquartered in nearby Hillsborough. Carrying
a telegram in his pocket that announced the assas-sination
of
President
Abraham Lin-coln,
Sherman
spoke with his
cavalry com-mander,
Gen.
H. Judson Kil-patrick,
near
DURHAM’S STATION
★ ★ ★
Prelude To Peace
C A R O L I N A S C A M P A I G N
here at the Durham home of
Dr. Richard Blacknall. Then
Sherman rode three miles west
to meet Johnston at James
and Nancy Bennett’s farmhouse
to open negotiations for the
Confederate surrender.
Since the 1820s, the U.S. Post Office Depart-ment
had assigned this community various names.
It was officially named Durham in 1853, after
147
501
70
70
85
40
85
Bennett
Place
Leigh
Farm
You Are Here
Brassfield
Station
Gen. Kilpatrick
Library of Congress
William T. Redmond,
Co. C, 6th N.C. Regt.,
wounded at Gettys-burg,
1926 photograph
Courtesy of Durham
County Library
Gen. Sherman
Library of Congress
Henry S. Harris, Flat
River Guards (Co. B,
6th N.C. Regt.), killed
in Va. onMay 20, 1863
Courtesy of UNC North
Carolina Collection
Durham residents
comprised the Flat
River Guards (Co. B,
6th North Carolina
Infantry) and saw
heavy action at the
First Battle of Manas-sas
in July 1861. The
Durham Light
Infantry (Co. C) par-ticipated
in “Pickett’s
Charge” against the
center of the Union
line during the Battle
of Gettysburg on
July 3, 1863.
Dr. Bartlett Durham donated four acres of land for
aNorth Carolina Railroad station and the Durham’s
Station post office was established. About 100 peo-ple
called the hamlet home in 1865, and the com-munity
grew rapidly around the station. After the
Civil War, Durham developed rapidly as a tobacco
and textile manufacturing center. Durham County
was established in 1881, and by 1900 its popula-tion
was more than 26,000 (a century later, the
metropolitan area totaled more than 450,000).
The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north
from Savannah, Georgia, after the “March to the Sea.” Sherman’s objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia
to crush Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. Scattered Confederate forces consolidated in North Carolina,
the Confederacy’s logistical lifeline, where Sherman defeated Gen. Joseph E. Johnston’s last-ditch attack at
Bentonville. After Sherman was reinforced at Goldsboro late in March, Johnston saw the futility of further resistance
and surrendered on April 26, essentially ending the Civil War.
Durham, ca. 1880 – Courtesy of Durham County
Library, Durham, N.C.
Dr. Bartlett Durham
Courtesy of Rare Book,
Manuscript, and Special
Collections Library,
Duke University

On April 17, 1865, Union Gen. William T. Sherman
arrived by train at Durham’s Station (two blocks
northeast of here) at the culmination of his Car-olinas
Campaign to discuss terms of peace at the
request of Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston,
headquartered in nearby Hillsborough. Carrying
a telegram in his pocket that announced the assas-sination
of
President
Abraham Lin-coln,
Sherman
spoke with his
cavalry com-mander,
Gen.
H. Judson Kil-patrick,
near
DURHAM’S STATION
★ ★ ★
Prelude To Peace
C A R O L I N A S C A M P A I G N
here at the Durham home of
Dr. Richard Blacknall. Then
Sherman rode three miles west
to meet Johnston at James
and Nancy Bennett’s farmhouse
to open negotiations for the
Confederate surrender.
Since the 1820s, the U.S. Post Office Depart-ment
had assigned this community various names.
It was officially named Durham in 1853, after
147
501
70
70
85
40
85
Bennett
Place
Leigh
Farm
You Are Here
Brassfield
Station
Gen. Kilpatrick
Library of Congress
William T. Redmond,
Co. C, 6th N.C. Regt.,
wounded at Gettys-burg,
1926 photograph
Courtesy of Durham
County Library
Gen. Sherman
Library of Congress
Henry S. Harris, Flat
River Guards (Co. B,
6th N.C. Regt.), killed
in Va. onMay 20, 1863
Courtesy of UNC North
Carolina Collection
Durham residents
comprised the Flat
River Guards (Co. B,
6th North Carolina
Infantry) and saw
heavy action at the
First Battle of Manas-sas
in July 1861. The
Durham Light
Infantry (Co. C) par-ticipated
in “Pickett’s
Charge” against the
center of the Union
line during the Battle
of Gettysburg on
July 3, 1863.
Dr. Bartlett Durham donated four acres of land for
aNorth Carolina Railroad station and the Durham’s
Station post office was established. About 100 peo-ple
called the hamlet home in 1865, and the com-munity
grew rapidly around the station. After the
Civil War, Durham developed rapidly as a tobacco
and textile manufacturing center. Durham County
was established in 1881, and by 1900 its popula-tion
was more than 26,000 (a century later, the
metropolitan area totaled more than 450,000).
The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north
from Savannah, Georgia, after the “March to the Sea.” Sherman’s objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia
to crush Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. Scattered Confederate forces consolidated in North Carolina,
the Confederacy’s logistical lifeline, where Sherman defeated Gen. Joseph E. Johnston’s last-ditch attack at
Bentonville. After Sherman was reinforced at Goldsboro late in March, Johnston saw the futility of further resistance
and surrendered on April 26, essentially ending the Civil War.
Durham, ca. 1880 – Courtesy of Durham County
Library, Durham, N.C.
Dr. Bartlett Durham
Courtesy of Rare Book,
Manuscript, and Special
Collections Library,
Duke University

On April 17, 1865, Union Gen. William T. Sherman
arrived by train at Durham’s Station (two blocks
northeast of here) at the culmination of his Car-olinas
Campaign to discuss terms of peace at the
request of Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston,
headquartered in nearby Hillsborough. Carrying
a telegram in his pocket that announced the assas-sination
of
President
Abraham Lin-coln,
Sherman
spoke with his
cavalry com-mander,
Gen.
H. Judson Kil-patrick,
near
DURHAM’S STATION
★ ★ ★
Prelude To Peace
C A R O L I N A S C A M P A I G N
here at the Durham home of
Dr. Richard Blacknall. Then
Sherman rode three miles west
to meet Johnston at James
and Nancy Bennett’s farmhouse
to open negotiations for the
Confederate surrender.
Since the 1820s, the U.S. Post Office Depart-ment
had assigned this community various names.
It was officially named Durham in 1853, after
147
501
70
70
85
40
85
Bennett
Place
Leigh
Farm
You Are Here
Brassfield
Station
Gen. Kilpatrick
Library of Congress
William T. Redmond,
Co. C, 6th N.C. Regt.,
wounded at Gettys-burg,
1926 photograph
Courtesy of Durham
County Library
Gen. Sherman
Library of Congress
Henry S. Harris, Flat
River Guards (Co. B,
6th N.C. Regt.), killed
in Va. onMay 20, 1863
Courtesy of UNC North
Carolina Collection
Durham residents
comprised the Flat
River Guards (Co. B,
6th North Carolina
Infantry) and saw
heavy action at the
First Battle of Manas-sas
in July 1861. The
Durham Light
Infantry (Co. C) par-ticipated
in “Pickett’s
Charge” against the
center of the Union
line during the Battle
of Gettysburg on
July 3, 1863.
Dr. Bartlett Durham donated four acres of land for
aNorth Carolina Railroad station and the Durham’s
Station post office was established. About 100 peo-ple
called the hamlet home in 1865, and the com-munity
grew rapidly around the station. After the
Civil War, Durham developed rapidly as a tobacco
and textile manufacturing center. Durham County
was established in 1881, and by 1900 its popula-tion
was more than 26,000 (a century later, the
metropolitan area totaled more than 450,000).
The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north
from Savannah, Georgia, after the “March to the Sea.” Sherman’s objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia
to crush Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. Scattered Confederate forces consolidated in North Carolina,
the Confederacy’s logistical lifeline, where Sherman defeated Gen. Joseph E. Johnston’s last-ditch attack at
Bentonville. After Sherman was reinforced at Goldsboro late in March, Johnston saw the futility of further resistance
and surrendered on April 26, essentially ending the Civil War.
Durham, ca. 1880 – Courtesy of Durham County
Library, Durham, N.C.
Dr. Bartlett Durham
Courtesy of Rare Book,
Manuscript, and Special
Collections Library,
Duke University